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Father and sister of Missouri coronavirus patient attended school function

St. Louis County Executive Same Page held a press conference Saturday evening.

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Updated: 9:52 AM CDT Mar 9, 2020

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CHALLENGES THAT IT COULD PRESENT. >> WE EXPECT COMMUNITY-WIDE TRANSMISSION AT SOME POINT. IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH COVID-19, IT IS BEST TO STAY HOME. DOCTORS SAY THE BEST WAY TO CONTAIN THE DISEASE IS ISOLATION. >> IF YOU'RE SICK, YOU TRY TO STAY AT LEAST SIX FEET AWAY FROM EACH OTHER. YOU SANITIZE YOUR SURFACES. KEEP YOUR HANDS CLEAN, IF YOU'RE GOING TO COUGH, COUGH INTO A TISSUE AND WASH YOUR HANDS. YOU'RE IN AN APARTMENT. >> IF YOU ARE LOW ON GROCERIES THERE ARE DELIVERY SERVICES ASK THEM TO LEAVE THE FOOD FOR YOU SOMEWHERE AND WIPE DOWN SURFACES. PETS CAN GET SICK FROM COVID-19. ISOLATION INCLUDES STAYING AWAY FROM ANIMALS. DOCTORS RECOMMEND OPENING WINDOWS TO CIRCULATE AIR AND URGE PEOPLE TO KEEP CALM AND WASH YOUR HANDS. >> THE BEST MESSAGE I CAN SAY IS IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO PANIC. >> THE RECOMMENDED LENGTH OF ISOLATION IS TWO WEEKS. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL COMMUNICATE WITH EMPLOYERS A

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Father and sister of Missouri coronavirus patient attended school function

St. Louis County Executive Same Page held a press conference Saturday evening.

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page says the father of Missouri's first presumptive positive coronavirus patient broke self-quarantine Saturday night. The patient, a woman in her 20's, recently returned from studying abroad in Italy. In a press conference Saturday evening, Page said, "The patient has conducted herself responsibly and maturely and she is to be commended for complying with all the department's instructions. The patient's father did not act consistently with the health department's instructions. Instead he decided to take his other daughter to a school function."The health department told the patient's father he must stay in his home or they will file a formal quarantine, which will require the family to stay in their home by force of law. The function was not at the school, but Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School in Frontenac, Missouri just outside St. Louis have canceled classes tomorrow as a precaution.

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page says the father of Missouri's first presumptive positive coronavirus patient broke self-quarantine Saturday night. The patient, a woman in her 20's, recently returned from studying abroad in Italy.

In a press conference Saturday evening, Page said, "The patient has conducted herself responsibly and maturely and she is to be commended for complying with all the department's instructions. The patient's father did not act consistently with the health department's instructions. Instead he decided to take his other daughter to a school function."